What is your favorite SaaS solution for scheduling appointments or phone calls easily? The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. 1. AppointmentCore We just started using […]

What is the best inexpensive way to get quick feedback from customers online? The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. 1. Feedback Tabs Services like Get Satisfaction allow […]

Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary V) was interviewed by Startup Grind and and shared a lot of great insights on topics that impact small businesses, like marketing, reaching customers and using social media. While we definitely don’t want to encourage you to BE Gary V, you have to be YOU, we know you can use his small business […]

What tips do you have for putting together a brand page on LinkedIn that supports company growth? The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses. 1. Upload […]

It seems like every time we go online, we see a bunch of new information about yet another Google SEO update that has changed the search engine optimization (SEO) landscape for good. Whether you’re a small business owner or an SEO guru, it can be taxing to say the least to keep up with all […]

The Internet is many things, but there’s one thing that it isn’t: Exclusive. Every tween from Albany to Zanzibar can access just about any location on the web. That makes it difficult for marketing professionals to capitalize on a basic human motivation: The desire to be part of an exclusive group. New York City’s Studio […]

Every business is looking for a way to build a better mousetrap. Wix.com, a company that allows users to create dynamic DIY websites, is trying to do just that with building a mobile website. As I’ve covered before, formatting websites to fit a mobile platform is an increasingly important in this age of smartphones and […]

Ideally, your small business website’s URL, or domain name, will be YourBusinessName.com. It’s catchy and easy to remember. But if your small business isn’t unique, that may not be an option for you if another business is already using that domain name. In that case, you have two options. The first is coming up with […]

Finding the right combination of social media platforms to use for promoting your business is not just a challenge, but often times a struggle of balancing precious time between promotional efforts and other business activities. Thankfully, user-friendly tools for connecting with prospects and existing customers such as TweetDeck and Hootsuite will help to increase your […]

For many small businesses around the world, social media advertising can be a bit frustrating. Each social network has its own culture, personality, and everything revolves around the kinds of people they appeal to. You have your all-around networks, like Facebook and Twitter; and then you have your professional buttoned-up networks, like LinkedIn. Each one […]